Desperately Seeking Something

Desperately Seeking Something
Pete explaining that the following commercial break can be a learning experience, in his usual comical sarcasm
Directed by	Steve Connelly
Starring	Pete McCarthy
Original language	English
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	14
Production
Producer	Kudos Film and Television
Running time	25 min. per episode
Original release
Network	Channel 4
Release	1995 (1995) – 1998 (1998)
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Desperately Seeking Something is a British television series first broadcast on 6 November 1995, presented by travel writer and presenter Pete McCarthy. In it, McCarthy looked at various spiritual practices from across the globe, looking at both long standing traditional beliefs as well as 'alternate' religions which began to flourish in the 1990s. He met a variety of practitioners and participated in their rituals. It ran for three series, with the first two series focusing on practitioners located in the British Isles. The second season looked more at Christian and Pagan sects, including the Fellowship of Isis and the Golden Dawn. The third series saw him looking at world traditional beliefs like Australian Aboriginal beliefs and Hawaiian religion.

Before going on what would be referred to as a "spiritual journey", McCarthy said "I've taken on the role of everyman, I'm like lots of people who have given up religion and never replaced it with anything else."^[1]